Plans are moving forward for a new 207-unit apartment building at the corner of Washington Avenue and Jefferson Davis Parkway near Xavier University. The apartments are expected to open in 2019.

The development team behind the $40 million Parkway Apartments project announced Monday (Jan. 29) that they have secured final financing and construction has started. The development team includes Denzel Clark of Citadel Builders, C. Mohan Kailas of Kailas Companies and Todd Trosclair of All Star Electric Inc.

Parkway Apartments, located at 4650 Washington Ave., will occupy a full city block at the corner of South Jefferson Davis Parking and Washington Avenue, close to the Xavier University campus and the existing 72-unit Blue Plate Artist Lofts, which opened in 2012.

Plans call for 207 one- and two-bedroom apartments as well as more than 13,700 square feet of street-level retail space along Washington Avenue and Jefferson Davis Parkway. The development will also include 313 parking spaces and a fitness center "with CrossFit-style equipment," event space, a swimming pool, a dog park and a barbecue area with large, open-air gazebos, according to a news release.

Harry Baker Smith Architects II is the designer on the project. Citadel Builders is the general contractor.